The Aerpod
The Aerpod
Mitchell Banks
The Hidden Science Behind Aviation Accidents | Human Factors Engineering
1 hour 27 minutes Posted Mar 25, 2026 at 2:00 pm.
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In this episode of The Aerpod, Mitchell sits down with Vanesa Miksa, a Human Factors engineer at Boeing and pilot, to break down the hidden science behind how pilots interact with aircraft and why many aviation accidents aren’t just “pilot error,” but systematic failures in disguise. Vanesa shares how cockpit design, automation, and airspace systems are all built around human limitations, and what happens when those systems fail to account for how people actually think, process information, ...